We, the Undocumented Americans, submit our Immigrants’ Bill of Rights with the same determination as the nation’s founders to incorporate these rights into the law of the land. We are the living embodiment of the American Dream and how we are treated reflects the country’s commitment to its own ideals. Join us in upholding these ideals.

A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a ruling blocking the Trump administration from ending the Obama-era program that protects young undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children from being deported.

President Trump had threatened to veto the bill — which shielded the young immigrants in exchange for $25 billion in border security — because it did not include the curbs on legal immigration he sought.

In a statement, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services said that “until further notice,” the Obama-era program, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, known as DACA, “will be operated on the terms in place before it was rescinded” in September, when President Trump moved to end it.

At UnitedWeStay, our mission is to focus on the stories of Undocumented Americans — to be their publishing platform, to inundate the opposition with so many stories of determination and courage that stereotypes are forever extinguished.

Laura L, 27, Provo, Utah, Born in Mexico City I have lived with so much fear and anxiety since arriving in the States 15 years ago that my condition has now been diagnosed as PTSD. To enter the country, my mother, my two sisters and I walked for a long, hot day with coyote guides …

We, the Undocumented Americans, submit our Immigrants’ Bill of Rights with the same determination as the nation’s founders to incorporate these rights into the law of the land. We are the living embodiment of the American Dream and how we are treated reflects the country’s commitment to its own ideals. Join us in upholding these ideals.

Originally Published in The New York Times. By The Associated Press Jan. 18, 2019 WASHINGTON — The Obama-era program that shields young immigrants from deportation and that President Donald Trump has sought to end seems likely to survive for at least another year. That’s because the Supreme Court took no action Friday on the Trump administration’s … Continue reading →